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tag: KTX2S6J2E6
kind: concept
name: Automaton
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:76765067@r1368301704
    locator: Glossary of logic, section A
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/76765067#26D4
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [AKEHEG1A92]
---

## Summary

A self-operating machine or, in computer science, a theoretical model of computation that performs tasks according to a set of rules or a program.